Bundle of toilet-paper



(No Model.)

' O. H. HICKS. BUNDLE 0P TOILET PAPER.

No. 443,851. Patented Dec. so, 1890..

WIT/M8856 *H/s ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES MATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER II. HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MORGAN ENVELOPECOMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUNDLE OF TOILET-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,851, dated December30, 1890.

Application filed May 26, 1888. Serial No. 75,227. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER II. HICKS, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usef ulImprovements in Bundles of Toilet-Paper; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction ofbundles of toiletpaper and other materials, wherein a series ofdetachable sheets are associated together in the form of a package, fromwhich latter the said sheets are to be removed one ata time from theface of the package; and my said invention consists in so connecting theseparately-folded sheets forming the package by a separable attachingdevice or medium that the withdrawal of the outer sheet will, throughits connection with another sheet, raise and release the latteroraportion thereof from the package, so that it can be readily graspedand the sheets separated or pulled apart without tearing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is perspective view of a packageconstructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is adiagrammatic View illustrating the manner of putting the sheetstogether.

Like letters of reference in both figures indicate the same parts.

The letter A designates a bundle of paper or other material composed ofa number of folded sheets superimposed one upon another, each sheetbeing connected to the next succeeding sheet by a detachable fasteningor attachment, weak gum preferred, which will permit the sheets to bereadily separated by a slight pull, but is of sufficient strength tocause the end of the succeeding sheet to be separated from the face ofthe package, so that it can be readily grasped after the removal of thepreceding sheet. The gum or other separable fastening is preferablyapplied at or near the ends of the sheets, successively-that is to say,one end of each sheet is attachedto the corresponding end of thepreceding sheet and the opposite end to the corresponding end of thesucceeding sheet.

As shown in the drawings, the separate sheets are folded on themselvesat substantially the center, and the detachable fastening is applied atthe points 6, indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and shown clearly inFig. 2, such fastenings being on the same face of each sheet and atopposite ends thereof.

The Whole bundle is bound together by a wire or other suspension device1), preferably passing through both ends of all the sheets, as obviousmodifications of the construction, which will accomplish the same end,may be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A paperpackage adapted to deliver a single sheet at a time, consisting of apile of sheets each folded on itself, having their confronting outerfaces pasted at or near their cut ends and bound together, substantiallyas described.

2. A paper package adapted to deliver a single sheet at a time,consisting of a pile of sheets each folded on itself, having theirconfronting outer faces united or confined together by a separablefastening, and a fastening device or wire engaging both ends of all thesheets, substantially as described.

3. A paper package or bundle composed of a series of superimposedsheets, each sheet being united to the adjacent sheets by separablefastening devices applied to the same .face of the sheets at each end,substantially as described.

OLIVER H. HICKS. Witnesses:

J. W. DYRENFORTH, M. J .BowERs.

